Any creating governmental entity and any participating governmental entity has all necessary powers in order to further the purposes of this part, including, but not limited to, the following, any or all of which powers may be exercised by resolution of the governmental entity’s governing body, to:

(1) Advance, donate or lend money on real or personal property to the authority;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-221-1313

  • Authority: means a water and wastewater treatment authority created pursuant to this part. See Tennessee Code 68-221-1303
  • Creating governmental entity: means any city, metropolitan government, county or utility district that creates an authority pursuant to this part. See Tennessee Code 68-221-1303
  • Governing body: means the chief legislative body of any creating or participating governmental entity. See Tennessee Code 68-221-1303
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Participating governmental entity: means any utility district, metropolitan government, city, town or county, which utility district, city, town or county, pursuant to a resolution of its governing body, has sold, leased, dedicated, donated or otherwise conveyed its water or wastewater treatment works, or both, or a portion of its water or wastewater treatment works, to the authority for operation by the authority in order to make the treatment works an operational part of its treatment works. See Tennessee Code 68-221-1303
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 68-221-1303
  • Treatment works: means any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the state's waters, or any devices and systems used in the treatment and distribution of water, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, water storage facilities, water transmission lines, pumping, power and other equipment, and their appurtenances, extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof. See Tennessee Code 68-221-1303
(2) Provide that any funds on hand or to become available to the governmental entity for treatment works purposes shall be paid directly to the authority;
(3) Sell, lease, dedicate, donate or otherwise convey to the authority any of the governmental entity’s interest in any existing treatment works or other related property, or grant easements, licenses or other rights or privileges therein to the authority;
(4) Enter into agreements with the authority with regard to the transfer of the governmental entity’s treatment works’ employees to the authority with the retention by the employees of any accrued rights in pension, disability, hospitalization and death benefits; and
(5) Permit the governmental entity’s rights, duties and powers under the governmental entity’s charter or the laws of the state to be performed or exercised by the authority.
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